The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, August 6, 1946, Page 1

i- THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. LXVIL, NO. 10,341 JUNEAU, ALASKA, TUESDAY., AUGUST 6, 1946 MEMB —_— ER ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS —— = —=--—] BLAME HEAPED UPON MARINE WORKERS RUSSIANS MAY QUIT AT PARIS (Charges Hmd Between Byrnes and Molofov on Two-Third Rule PARIS, Aug. 6.—The Rules Com- mittee of the Paris peace confer- cnce adjourned in a tangle over procedural questions today and a British spokesman said the possi-; bility had been raised that the en- tire Russian bloc might leave the conference. ‘Phe committee bogged down over the question of whether the com- mittee could pass by simple major- ity rule on whether a simple or two-thirds majority vote would be required to approve matters before the full conference. That Two-Thirds Majority A dinner recess was decided up- on when Yugoslavia served notice she would not ,be bound by any committee decisions reached by less than a two-thirds majority. A British spokesman interpreted Yugoslavia's action as raising the possibility that Russia and her Slav satellites might leave the con- ference unless they succeeded in getting a rule for a two-thirds vote. Charges Hurled Two sessions, morning and after- ncon, proved to be rough give-and- take affairs, with U. S. Secretary of State James F. Byrnes and So- viet Foreign Minister V. M. Molotov the chief antagonists. Byrnes accused Russia of at- tempting to dictate to the confer- ence through the council of four leading foreign ministers, and Mol- otov replied that the Big Four was an American idea. He accepted Byrnes’ challenges to have the Am- erican’s remarks published in Rus- sian newpapers amid charges and counter-charges of inconsistency. Interrupting debate in the Rules Committee on the hotly-argued two-thirds rule, Byrnes declared: Byrnes' Comeback “In the United States we have a free press. Therefore the Soviet representative can be sure his at- tack against me has been publish- ed in the United States. I chal- lenge him to see that my following statement is also published in the press of the Soviet Union, “When the Soviet had its back to the wall, the United States promised aid and we came to their aid. We have only admiration and respect for the people of-the Soviet Union. And we won't let that ad- miration and respect be changed by any attacks by Mr. Molotov.” - FREOM KETCHIKAN Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Talbot have arrived here from Ketchikan. They are staying at the Baranof. e The Washington Merry- G_o- Round | By DREW PEARSON ! PARIS—(by wireless) — Despite, Sccretary Byrnes’ new, laudable policy of open ccvenants openly ar-| fived at, some highly important mectings have been taking place behind the scenes at the peace con- ference here. For obvious reasons ‘certain thinzs have to be discussed in secret. Herc are scme of them: | Session No. 1—Byrnes got a re-! port via thé British Foreign Office that Russia was secretly Selling captured German arms to Sweden for resale to Argentina. This by no means made him happy. The Unit- ed States has followed a strict pol- icy of keeping arms away from Fascist Argentina, and only one month ago, Argentine Chief of Staff General Carlos von der Becke made a special trip to see General Eiscnhower to plead for arms. Eisenhower said no. Now it develops that Russia is gathering up arms from occupied Germany and hand-; ing them over to Sweden for resale to Argentina on the excuse that it nceds foreign exchange. Byrnes, in planning a formal protest in writ- ing against this, also plans to take the matter up with Molotov per-' sonally. | Secret session No. 2—Molotov has| Leen trying -to argue busy Jimmie southbcund Thursday. . (Cantinued on Page Four) \point in | proximately 50 miles off the ‘Anchorage - Closing Up By Orders | R S | | Public Gatherings Are Pro- hibited-Traveling Is Restricted ANCHORAGE, Alaska, Aug. 6.— | Mayor Francis Bowden of Anchor- fage has issued an order prohibiting |all public gatherings for at least a week because of an outbreak of ! diphtheria. According to Bowden, 160 positive diphtheria throat cul- | tures were taken in the city. At | least 12 of the cases are said to be| clinically active. H Bowden’s proclamation closes| bars, dances, playgrounds and the-| i atres, and travel in and out of the! lcity will be restricted at midnight | | Thursday. | The City Health Officer, Dr.| 1}{0wurd Romig, is said to be one} of those with a positive culture. In| addition city ying 12 of the 16 prisoners in, jail are reported to be the disease. the AID RUSHED 70 STRICKEN QUAKEAREAS Tidal Wave Swept Swiftly Inland for Mile - Party Fleeing in Auto Caught CIUDAD TRUJILLO, Dominican Republic, Aug. 6.—The government rushed aid today to areas south of the Monte Christi Mountain range, stricken Sunday by an earthquake and tidal wave which took a toll of at least two dead and damaged more than 11 towns in this Carribean Republic Eye witness reports reccived today frcm Matanzas on the North Coast, said a tidal wave swept nd as much as a mile so swiitly that i. caught a party fleeing in an auto- mokile. The cyewitness said the residents had been forewarned and had taken refuge in treces and high places. Only eight of the 300 b Matanzas were reported loft ing. Wreckad telegraph and communi- cation facilities made it difficult to get a clear picture of the dam- age wrought by the quake which apparently centered in the de2pest the Atlantic n, ap- east ccast of the Dominican Republic. Reports from the Matanzas and Nagua regions said that frightened inhabitants had taken refuge in the forests and were suffering from hunger. Authorities were consid- ering dropping food from air- planes. i Meanwhile apprehension gripped the Republic as new tremors shook the ground here yesterday and blacked out radio communications for several hours. - | MERCHANTS WILL MEET THIS NIGHT A meeting of all Juneau merch- ants will be held in the Legion Dugout at 8 o'clock tonight to dis- cuss issues of vital importance and to complete plans for a merchants organization. - David Scoll, attorney for the Ter-| ritory in the current hearings on, 400FISHING CRAFT IDLE, CALIFORNIA 'Protest Made fo Opa Ceil- ing Prices on Salmon, Statement Made SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 6.—An estimated 400 commercial fishing craft were idle today along the northern California coast, in pro- test, a spokesman said, against OPA ceiling prices on salmon. Victor B. Martin, Chairman of the Northern California Council of the International Fishermen's Un- ion (CIO), said the salmon trollers would not return to work until prices are raised. “Prices on our equipment and supplies are now without ceilings. Under this situation we cannot op- erate under 1942 prices,” Martin said. Fishermen now receive an aver- age price of 16'2 cents per pound 5% cents per pound less than dur- ing the OPA holiday, Martin ex- plained. District OPA officials would not predict any immediate raise in prices. Fishermen stopped work last weekend at Eureka, Fort Bragg and ' Crescent City, leaving 300 craft idle. Martin said salmon fleets at Santa Cruz and San Francisco al- s0 were crewless, with an estimated 400 fishermen idie. The movement embraces salmon, halibut and tuna fleets. Reperts from Oregon said Coos Bey fishermen had been idle three days but merely because of incle- ment weather. There may have een cases of individuals laying off, but no general stoppage movement, and fleets left port yesterday. - - CAPTORS OF ARMY OFFICER PROVED 10 BE COURTEOUS Major Wood, Released by Yugoslavia Soldiers, Tells of Incident ORIZA, Italy, Aug. 6—Ma- Jjor George Wood, U. S. Army ofii- cer whom Yugoslavia soldiers de- _ teined for 24 hours together with s wife, small son and a soldier driver, said today his captors “went out of their way to be courteous.” Wood, whose homz is in Minot, N. Dak., and who recently has liv- ed in Philadelphia, related that a Yugeslay soldier, armed with an automatic weapon, halted his jeep Sunday at a point where the road is clcse the the Morgan Line divid- ing the Yugcslav.and Angio-Amer- ican occupied zones. The Yugeslavs escorted the Wood family and their driver, Pvt. Hor- ace Wilson, of Lake City, Tenn, to a front line post, whence theoy were taken to a villa at Aidus- sina. “The Yugoslavs were very nice to us,” Major Wood said, “and tock care to lcok out for our welfare One Yugoslav soldier walked for an hour to bring us fresh water. Sunday night they gave us a meal of fried eggs with gocd bread and wine and brought my eight year old on Kell, a bottle of orange soda. STOCK QUOTATIONS NEW YORK, Aug. 6. — Closing quotation of Alaska Juneau mine 100, Anaconda 457, Curtiss-Wright 7%, International Harvester 95, EILER HANSEN PASSES AWAY, | Hansen, Superintendent of the Al- |aska Pioneers’ Home and long- jtime Alaska resident and former attorney, died today after a long . The funeral will be Thurs- Eiler Hansen has been Superin- tendent of the Pioneers’ Home since March, 1933. Word of his death was received | here by Charles W. Carter member of the Board unefficially announced Board, Henry Roden, Jack Conway, Secretary, and Carter, member, will meet and pre- | sumably name a successor within | the next few days. - e ?Huge Plane (rashes On Dive Test Dougas C-74 Globemaster Down in Earth Shaking Roar-Crew Escapes that the LOS ANGELES, Aug. 6.—A Doug- las C-74 Globemaster, larg2st plahe now wmsed by the Army, crashed with an earthshaking roar within a few hundred feet of a million- barrell oil storage tank yesterday but the four crew members escapsd by parachuting. Pilot Russell K. Thaw, famed rac- ing and test flier, received minor injuri He told a sheriff's deputy “My wing fell off.” Thaw is the son of Harry Thaw, wealthy New York playboy of the early 1800's. The pilot has been a frequent participant in cross-country national air S, | Only last week Douglas announc- ed that the same plane, establish- ed what the Army said was a world record by lifting 172,000 pounds, more than twice its own weight. The Gictemaster has a wingspread of 173 feet, is 124 fe>t long and its. four engines total 12,000 horsepower. | Yesterday’s flight was an unsuc- c-ssful attempt to continue a sexizs of accelerated dive tésts. Doug- last officials said the plane, which crashed 45 minutes after taking off from the Municipal Airport, was carrying considerable more weigh! than it would ncrmally SITKA HOME SITKA, Alaska, Aug. 6. — Eiler; of the Home. It is| Chairman; | { f > <h Ken 0'Hara Is Now New ~ Owner of Chilkoof Barracks bids and down 10,500 for the prop- ANCHOR o oper: Aug 1, trans-territorial 6. — Ken bus line | I'+! ey O'Harra caid he would make the v, became the owner of his- torlc Chilkoot Barracks yesterday crmy post a terminal point for when his name was drawn from a | his bus lines. He added that he hat. hoped to meet Homer soon and Rhe ~drawing was necessitated that they may work out a plan for wiign O'Harra and Steve Larsson of the barracks as a staging Hom Washington, D. C., both area for veterans planning to yeterons with vq_\ml priority, sub- | ....uesiead in the Territory. - | FIRST SURVEY FLIGHT OF NA ON THURSDAY Pres. Hunier Announces Plans for New Service fo Alaska, Orient SEATTLE, Aug. 6. President Croil Hunter of Northwest Airlines says the first survey flight on the new Seattle-Alaska-Orient route will be Thursday, with the plane going only as far as the midway stop at Anchorage. Airlines officials said the com- pany will take over the Army's Air Transport Command facilities at Anchorage. Company personnel will operate all stati Hunter sa.l schedulea passenger flights on the new route will bezin as soon as equipment is available possibly within two months. Boeing strato-cruisers will be used. Despite Chicago’s designation as a co-terminal, for the Interior route to Alaska. riunter said: “Se- attle will be a key link in our flights te the Orient. Seattle can cocunt on a great share of our new traffic.” When Boeing-built strato-cruisers are available, Hunter said, North- t will inaugurate direct Orient through Seattle and Adak from New York and Chicago. With long-range equipment hich we expect Boeing to deliver carly next year,” he added, ‘the Seattle-Adak route is the most practicable one over the great >, At the same time we're go- to provide Alaska with all the service it necds, both by way the Twin Cities and Seattle.” Eunte: said proving flights to Alaska from Minneapolis and St. Paul would begin late this week. Frand C. Judd, NWA Western Re- gicral Man; said the company sned a lease with the Port of for landing and building ¢ Seattle-Tacoma Air- AT EASE_— Lynn Walker (top), Chicago, and Mary Ellen Gieason, Hollywood, relax on Atlantic City's steel pier, - BALLOT CAST BY PRESIDENT, M0, PRIMARY Daugher Margaret Also Votes for First Time- She's 22 Now INDEPENDENCE, ¢ of Ausg. 6 The other crew members were O~ Goane Truman jis daugh- Lake, and that a $1,- pilot George Jensen, Flight Engin-|,. s tpe po) ay for her iirst 000 butiding pro- eer Chris Niclsen and Observer H.\, ' 0 o "0 this week. A H. Lane. All four were ide by =i m and oth- Emplozos tors broke 1N beoths in the Memori ructed. The | One of the Wage motors Droke .., jgegenth Ward, Pirss , with an option away, pl_umme;ed through _me “'If of Bhias o another 10-year per- of the oil tank and was submerzcd ballots in 30 feet of oil, but did not fire PRI the tank. The scattered wreckag® burned and the field where the big plane landed resembled a shell itorn battlefield. MAKES BID FOR PLANE SERVICE SEATILE, ALASKA SEATTLE, Aug. 6.—Northern Air- lines, Inc.,, Seattle, acked the Civil Aercnautics Board yes y for |certification to carry cargo and mail between h Fairbanks, Alaska, with st0 Annette Island, Cordova a | stock today is 6%, American Can op, a00 The applicaticn was filed by Ar- thur F. Johnstone, President, who transportation, will speak to the gennecoit 57%, New York Oentral gis stated that the lire does not group. H S STEAMER MOVEMENTS Aleutian, from Seattle, scheduled to arrive at 9 tonight. ! Princes: from Vancouver 9 p. m. tomorro Princess Norah, scheduled to sail from Vancouver 9 p. m. Saturday. | Baranof, from west, Fstebeth sails for tomorrow, 227, Northern Pacific 27, U. S. Steel 882, Pound $4.03%. Sales today were 730,000 shares. Dow, Jones averages today are |as follows: industrials 20135, rails two-and four-enginecd 62.31, utilities 41.32. Bonds irregularly, were lower, U. Cotton . was irregular. Except for a few individual stocks mand, the stock day. seek authority to engage in intra- "Alaska transportation. | He stated his line plans to Dcuglas DC-3's and other “sui airplane |and that contract and non-schedul- cd flights had bezn flown to Ala s Louise scheduled to sail S. Government’s falled to appear cince February. w. ch the tape. Curb stock was lower.| - 1 PARSONS BACK IN U. | Word was received today by Mr awaiting further orders, . cred Cow,” left the Fairfax airport sckeduled Which rose sharply on selective de- and Mrs. Ernest Parsons that their | as list was down!son, Frank J., has returned from!'rector Sitka 6 p. m,'fracticns to more than a point to-! Yokchama and is in San Francisco whem the stabilization office 10w jed in only 12.8 percent of their goal tures which were burned, destroyed from Mr. Baker, who cited a case cratic primary. Entering thL2 audit at 11 a. m. (EST) the F 1 22-year-old Margaret s plauding n2ighbors and at a ITALIAN WHEAT DECREE STARTS tery of photographers lined up in t e Memorial Building auditorium dccasion. | for ths ‘The President had no opportunity SERIOUS FIGHTS to vete against Rem, Roter C.! Slaughter, the Fifth District Con- BY . GEORGE E. BBIA 'sman. ha (f’]d““l k'm"': /"';“:5 ROME, Aug. 6.—Four policemen iu.x,»(;ence he would like to se2 de- ,nq “many more” peasants wer? Tea g i the neich. Yeported killed today in fighting Hisi vols, e (‘""”f“’ o ]" :) near Palermo between Caribinieri toring Fourth Congressional Dis- ang gicilian peasants in revolt ricty sgainst consigning their crops to h i t's “granarics BACK TO WASHINGTON ;Pzpll;:“ernmen s “granarics of the SEERR BU. Bafy A0 8~ " The fighting broke out yesterday President Truman took off Or wpop yolice attempted to enforce Washixgten tod: accompanied by Federal Judge John Caskie Collet, 10 has agreed to take over a key Economic Stabilization the wheat decree, the Italian news agency Ansa said, and women were reported fighting side by side with men against the Caribinieri, who used tanks and armored cars their efforts to smash the revolt. The fighting was said to be cen- ter8d in the town of Caccamo, which dispatches sald was sur- rounded by police. Sicily has lagged far behind most other parts of Italy in the gran- (eries program, which the govern- abilization, ‘ment instituted in an effort to 1 this time|smash the black market and assure an assistant to Reconversion Di-an equitable bread ration. Latest John R. Steelman under|reports said the Sicilians had turn- role in the office, The Presidential plane, the “Sa- at 2:08 p.n. (EST) and was ex- pected to arrive in Washington at 7 pm. Collet, who once before left the western Missouri Federal District ch to serve as Director of the of Economic has agreed to serve ag netions, of 178,184 tons of wheat, in| RATEBOOST |LABOR HELD IS REFUSED AT ROOT OF SHIPFIRMS, SHIP SNAFU ‘New Bottoms, Regulated - Compefition Advocated Maritime Commission Ex- aminer Denies Increas- | ed Charges Justified at Hearing Yesterday | [ e A prelude to continuation here " ’ this morning of the Congressional ms::l‘::“;‘fm;,::s nr:;le: :nmmlngu' inquiry into the problems of Alas- relations as the number 2‘::, 3 ox‘ ka ship operation was disclosure |in the Alaska shipping situati e by the Alaska Development Board|ihey testified hers: vesterdsn fter Council David E. Scoll that the|p, ppasdec o 2 o inoon Lelore the Jackson Subcommit- tee of the Houre Merchant Marine jand Fisheries Committee U. S. Maritime Commission’s Ex aminer in the Alaska shipping rate jcase has recommended againsti Askeq by Alaska Delegate E. L. eny Increases In present rates Bartiett if labor is not merely .nnev In further recommending that the | or several problems in need of sof proceeding be discontinued, the EX-ltion in order to provide %psou- aminer stated that costs of Private {water transportation to “d“qgume operation were over-estimated in his{Alaska, L. W. Baker vm,a;l"q;::: [ view 0 X . . and General Mana, | Scoll appended his opinion that Steamship Comp,mg,err:fl:::»“ul;-:h /the Examiner’s report, for whichij ppim i o he anticipates adoption by the! pa i f ad ) e summa |Maritime Commission, sharpens nw'up,,n 32 ypa::zel:: r:lsa;:::n::m b‘:fid inesd for some form of n»;;mmuu-|”mmmg by declaring: .f,a',mou‘: {relief for the Alaska service ; s 1 i K troubles now cg s | Labor had its first turn at one word lfl;:,,-l-)-e ST e in the hearing before the Jackson i 1 Princy, Subcommittee of the House of Rep-| ghoytly laterpals ’-,!m:;'cap Vic resentatives’ Merchant Marine and|president and General ,::s,‘::"e, ‘Cj bat | Fisheries C ttee her vl fore todays mid-dny recess. But |G, Aliska Transportation Com- ‘tFs leadoff men for labor were|bar";, ii 8 Prepared statement, st +out three principal handicaps fac- ed by Alaska ship dperators in gen- eral. ‘Foremost of these he placed labor and declared it is futile to attempt to solve the two others tuntil the labor condition is correct- :cd. In second and third places i2mong the operators’ handicags Swanson listed the unktalanced na- ture of the Alaska trade and the lack of suitable floating equipment. AFL spokesmen not primarily con- cerned in the several charges level- | ed” at the ranks of seagoing and seoside labor by ship operators and | Alaska residents. Passengers Blamed ! The enly attempt to rétate any of the charges made came from Frank Marshall newuinal represen- tarive of the Sailors Union of the, Facific along wita other AFL or-{ Monday's public hearing in the souivations in the Territoty {Senate Chamber here was adjourn- He endeavor:d to answer the pii-1€d before Swanson had completed fer'ng chargos by laying a L _rhls statement, to resume this morn- proportion of blame for violation !N at 9:30 o'clock. of ships' cargoes upon passengers | et Vasels Skinner's Requirements i Previously, G. W. Skinner, Pres- (rul‘t‘;/?;::. .--H,!.', n.lj" ".'\ ll,]’]' qiident of the Alaska Steamship , ger der “he NovhliLdicompany, had set out three re- Ltransportati. 1 Company and last quirements which he . i vitness for operators had de- | 3 gave as hi; clared he does not think any h\-"fln‘(“'wr to the provision of adequate crease In rate will solve the Alaska | ooy Porne tramsportation for s : g Alaska. He asked for: shipping problem. His only sug-! gestion was 1--Replacement of tonnage lost restoration of the rizht ! to manage to ownership. ! |during the war; Semar offered npo estimate of rate increese that would al'ow pri-| 2—Certificates of convenicrice and va's operation of his line’s ships!Decessity to regulate competiticn under prevailing labor conditions. ;‘"3“‘{ M“]-*l: SNJXCE: and He referred to pilfering—the fore- —Legislation, necessary, to most evil—and uncertainty re-|Wake labor unions live up to their garding tie-ups such as the long-l“’l"‘“"‘fls- : e strike px'umifi.-d Ir_/r Ssznnx-|Ch;i§‘;‘Schuichx; ?t;;; l?l:nd, <D.Ys.r ker 30 as making it futile to ecti- 8 an o w2 erchant Marine mate costs. tand Fisheries Committee, who is ‘Bhe Northland company doss not {one of th:ve Congressmen compris- want to take the risk involved in I8 the Subcommittee holding tko operating under present conditions. :1nqu|ry here, immediately inquir- he asserted. He concluded by con-|€d: How about the companies? To curring in statements made by oth-, Which Mr. Skinner answered, yes, or ator's witnesses. R "ece&ssl:y‘ £ Legislation Propcsed SA Mus: Stay Mcest comprehensive attempt at 1M reply to Rep. Chiistian A. solution of the Aleska problem wasiHerter (R-Mass.), Skinner re- presented by Albert E. Stephan, at-'affirmed the position previously torney for the Alaska Transporta-|Stated by his company, in common through sea hazards or requisition ti'n Company. He submitted .\|“‘“h other Alaska ship operators, propeead draft of legislation call- |in bearings before the U, S. Mari- ing fo time Commission, that the Alaska | 1—Continued jurisdiction over;'—"" would not continue to run |Alaska shipping by the Maritime ships to Alaska should the War | Commission. {€hipping Administration get out of | 2—Certiticates of convenience | the picture next March 1, if the |and necessity ior existing carriers @ conditions prevail then as to regulate competition. | 3—Competition in full M,ska! He declared the labor problem is |service by authorizing ell three:the major factor in the companies' present major carl‘lers—Alatku:"“‘r““al to take back the Alaska |Steamship ~ Company, Northland |shipping business. If it is ironed Transportation Company and Alas,,out, the cervice could be maintain- ka Transportation Company. —each}ed under private operation with only He (8 nominal rate increase, Mr. €kin- Inow. to ser all parts of ‘Alaska. said his company hopes to provide ner said. He added that in refer- substantial competition ., for the:ring to ironing out the labor proh- {Alaska Steamship Company to the!'lem he was not talking about any Westward. change in wage scales, Rather, he | 4—Authorization for the Maritime meant: Day's Work; Hire and Fire | (Continued on Page Fight) | - 1-‘That ths company get a day's {work for a day's wages, and N'H H | 2—That managcment be given :“.IWShlma pe°P|e {ack the right to hire and fire. ] | Earlier, Duvid E. Scoll, of New SIIen"y Observe York City, counsel for the Alaska Development Board, had laid to ,management inefficiency the seem- 5 ingly uncurbed pilferage of Alaska i HIROSHIMA Aug. 6.—The peo- ship cargoes. No union is strong |ple of this city stgod silent for one enough to compel the hiring of a minute today in memory of their theif, Scoll declared. ‘friends who were killed a year ago Skinner flatly contradicted Scoll's by the first atomic bomb loosed on contention that the operators could | Japan. make the firing of a man for pil- | Hireshima residents observed thellsring stand up. |day otherwise at their usual tasks, Pilfering Case Cited including the rebuilding of struc- on that point was heard 'First Atomic Bombing More or cwisted by the bomb, (Continued on Page Six) 4